The firm expects earnings per share for the fiscal in the range of $3.50 to $3.60, but sees net sales revenue in the range of $1.275 billion to $1.3 billion, down from the previous forecast of $1.3 billion to $1.325 billion.

While reporting the second-quarter results in November, the company had trimmed its fiscal 2013 earnings forecast, maintaining its sales view.

On average, four analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expect earnings of $3.56 per share for the year. Analysts' estimates typically exclude special items. Wall Street has a consensus revenue estimate of $1.29 billion for the year.

Gerald Rubin, CEO, said, "While we are very pleased with our results for the third quarter of fiscal 2013, we continue to see challenges ahead and are uncertain of the potential impact of changes in consumer spending patterns resulting from recent and pending domestic tax changes and Federal legislation.

Net income for the third quarter climbed to $37.72 million or $1.18 per share from $32.88 million or $1.04 per share in the previous year. Analysts expected earnings of $1.13 per share for the quarter.

Gerald Rubin added, ''In fact, this was the best quarter in the Company's history in terms of net sales and net income. We are pleased that we were able to achieve growth in net sales revenue, net income and EBITDA without share-based compensation in such a challenging retail sales environment.''